Patents Examined by Denise Jackson
  • Patent number: 6341352
    Abstract: A method for changing a user password is preferably operative as a Web server impersonates a Web client to obtain access to files stored in a distributed file system space of a distributed computing environment. The method begins in response to receipt of a Web transaction request from the Web client to determine whether the user's password has expired. If so, the method suspends processing of the Web transaction request and then enters a password change subprogram to enable the user to define a new password. Typically, the password change subprogram displays a password change dialog that interacts with the user. Upon definition of the new password by the user, the mechanism resumes processing of the original Web transaction request. Alternatively, the user may be prompted to terminate the original transaction request and select a new URL and/or document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Garry L. Child, Theodore Jack London Shrader, Davis Kent Soper